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del.icio.us Digg It!  new Last update - 16:01 05/11/2007 Foreign Ministry gains access to raw military intelligence reports By Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondent tags: Foreign Ministry  For the first time, the Foreign Ministry will be given access to raw military intelligence relevant to political analyses, following an historic agreement signed Sunday. The Winograd Committee recommended the move in its interim report. Under the agreement, the Foreign Ministry will receive a great deal more raw intelligence collected through signals intelligence - namely, communications surveillance - in particular developments in Lebanon, Syria and the Palestinian Authority. T Advertisement he main Foreign Ministry bureau to use intelligence data is the Center for Political Research. This department was established following the Yom Kippur War on the recommendation of the Agranat Committee, set up to investigate the intelligence failures in that war. The committee concluded that the Foreign Ministry needed a bureau that could act as a counterweight to the assessments of the defense establishment. However, since its establishment, the Center for Political Research has never received raw intelligence data, and its officers have had to rely on intelligence summaries, where most of the specifics were deleted for reasons of security. As a result, the Foreign Ministry was not exposed to much intelligence relevant to its function. The new agreement was signed by Brigadier General Yuval Halamish, on behalf of Military Intelligence, and Nimrod Barkan for the CPR. The deal followed long discussions between Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and MI Chief Amos Yadlin. The issue also involved the Shahak Committee, which was created to evaluate the integration of the Foreign Ministry in Defense Ministry activities. As part of the agreement, the Foreign Ministry will not use the intelligence to prepare reports sent to delegations abroad, unless it is "cleansed" of sensitive information. Related articles: Winograd report lauds Foreign Ministry's diplomatic role in war Cabinet committee to implement Winograd recommendations Bookmark to del.icio.us Academic freedom The High Court has challenged strict IDF criteria for the entry of Palestinian students. Rapping rabbi British Jewish rapper MC Rebbe is a finalist in the world's largest blog competition.   1.   So they`d also get "slam dunk" info... 11:51  |  S 05/11/07   2.   Very raw indeed. 13:42  |  Stephen. 05/11/07   3.   Good Idea 13:46  |  Mark Lincoln 05/11/07

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